Golf Club of Illinois

The course was in good shape and pace of play was good but the neighbors we not very pleasant. My opinion if you live on a course you should expect golf balls to end up in your yard.

First time playing this course and it was an adventure! Got paired with 2 gentlemen that were great! However, when we got to hole 5 there was a guy who was walking. He was clearly messed up and on something. He proceeded to scream and swear and even threatened the foursome behind us.

Nice long holes with rolling hills. A little tight with houses, some burned out/very dry areas, fescue very short, less challenging. Staff extremely friendly and competent, nice clubhouse/patio.

Course is nice. Wide open. Used to be a links style course but they removed most of the tall grass. Now it's wide open. Not easy but not nearly as difficult as it could be. Sand traps are just terrible. Sorry guys but that needs to change... pace of play was very slow. Overall nice course but could be really nice with a few upgrades.

The greens were fine for putting. However, it was a challenge to get onto the greens because the greens are so firm: the ball would always roll off into the fringe. And the fringe was was too long and narly. Also had trouble with the sand traps because the layer of sand was very thin. Sorry to say, I was disappointed.

Course is a good layout, challenging rough. Your game will be tested. Greens were in rough shape due to players/groups not repairing ball marks -100s of old, untouched marks on each green. Par 3s were even worse. Could be helped by staff or marshall reminding/reinforcing the etiquette.

It was very wet yesterday when I played. lots of pooling of water in spots.

Outside of that the course was in pretty good shape.

I enjoy playing this course, as it plays long ( if you like to hit from the back tees) with plenty of hazards to keep you honest.

We managed to score some GREAT December weather in northern IL! Weather in the 50’s sunny and dry.

Course was in great condition for this late in the year! As expected, it was busy but still done inside of 4 hrs.

Let me think about this...golf or work? I will pick golf even though it was windy and cart path only since the course was fairly soaked. Not much they can do when mother nature continues to give us more than enough rain. Greens were super fast. At least we had a decent amount of sun despite the below average temperature. Rough was deep...not quite U.S. Open deep but getting close. Maybe they couldnt cut recently with rains. Good value for money spent. Will be back when it gets warmer and drier.